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If you find an injured owl:
Note your exact location so the owl can be released back where it came from. Contact a licensed wildlife rehabilitation specialist to get correct advice and immediate assistance.
Minimize stress for the owl. If you can catch it, toss a towel or sweater over it and get it in a cardboard box or pet carrier. It should have room to be comfortable but not so much it can panic and injure itself. If you can’t catch it, keep people and animals away until help can come.
Do not give food or water! If you feed them the wrong thing or give them water improperly, you can accidentally kill them. It can also cause problems if they require anesthesia once help arrives, complicating procedures and costing valuable time.
If it is a baby owl, and it looks safe and uninjured, leave it be. Time on the ground is part of their growing up. They can fly to some extent and climb trees. If animals or people are nearby, put it up on a branch so it’s safe. If it’s injured, follow the above advice.
For more detailed help, see the OwlPages Rescue page.
From Foreman's Branch Bird Observatory at Washington College
One of the last species we capture each fall is the Northern Saw-whet Owl. The smallest owl in the East, this species moves south in mid October in search of food. The numbers that move vary a lot depending on how successful the breeding season was. This fall we've captured fewer than average which means most owls probably stayed well to our north for the winter.
I read the title
thought it was about politics
saw owl
cute
then i was confused what connects the two to realise it was about winter migration
Naw, I only touch on owl related political things, and even then, only when something new and significant is going on.
I just wanted to catch you guys a little by surprise what community you were looking at. 😇
Sure. That's what it was about.
:)